What do you believe is the best crankbait in your lure arsenal?

my favorite at this point is the bagley fat cat 3-5 foot depth ....love it. Sure it will change soon though!!

rebel brokeback .. may change this spring tho

Mine has 2 be the rapala dt-6!

hhhmmmm tough question. I would probably have to say a bomber square A.

Strike King Series 3 #508 (Green Back and Chartreuse)

Rapala Fat Rap

Bandit crankbait period! Day in and day out this bait will catch fish in clear to muddy water. This is the king of the fish catching machines.

Mann's 1- Crankbait. If you don't have a few of these you are missing out.

timber tigers by wordens lures

I'd like to say that the Cotton cordell Big Os are the best in my box, with the classic square lip that deflects off of nearly everything, but something inside says Rapala Jointed Shadrap, in crawfish colors. Probably because I've caught more fish on the Rapala, but then again, I used the shad rap more than the Big Os. Maybe if I used the Big Os more, then they'd be my choice.

Been using Banditt CB since 1987 or so and I have to say their the best without a doubt. Catches fish and you can drag them though just about any kind of wood cover without getting hungup.

I need to go buy a few more

Lucky Craft Moonsault CB 200 in American Shad. This baits runs about six feet and has a tight wiggle to it. They also make on called a Moonsault CB 350 which dices around eleven to twelve feet. Lucky Craft crankbaits are my number one choice, after that I lke to use Normans.

There are lures that come and go but one that has proved it staying power over and over again is the Rapala Shad Rap. It always runs straight out of the box and it is just a well proven fish catcher and i bet 90% of the people that post on this forum at least have one in their tacklebox. I bet you cant say that about any other crank.

My favorite is the Rapala dt6, I have always used crankbaits a little bit for years.  Not until last year did I use them very heavily but I am glad I did because the DT6 in hot mustard was a real fish catcher.

I like the Bagley BII and the Bomber Square A, but for  the "very best" I nominate the Lucky Craft LV 500.  If you don't want to pay the price, Rat-L Trap but change out the treble hooks.

That would be a 1/2 ounce Chrome/Blue or Chrome/Black(cloudy day) Rat-L-trap.  It's very versatile and can be fished deep, jigged, ripped beneath the surface, etc.  If I had to choose one hard bait to fish with I'd go with the Chrome/Blue.

My wife has spanked me hard with one on more than one occasion while I meticulously worked a worm. :-[

I have to say my favorite is the old school storm baits in blk/purple white belly and bluegill,only have a hand full left though.Now the DT/Series has hooked me good along with old trusty Lightning Shad.

Blast from the past. Some people have nothing better I guess  :-/

timber tigers by wordens lures

I can't wait to give those a try.

Rapala DT6s have been my favorite until I started making my own.

BTW, I'm a believer in the resurrection.   ;D

notice the trend? almost everyone gave a different answer.  what does that mean?  there is no best.  the one that is best, and catches the most fish, is the one that spends the most time in the water.  i like the xrap and also have a few others i use, just got a bunch on ebay that i'll be trying out.

Blast from the past. Some people have nothing better I guess :-/

Don 't know about you but it 's getting scary, 2,3,4 years old threads have been leaving their graves too oftenly these past months :-/........

Dang, I know why ! , it 's all them Michael Jackson 's THILLER videos they 've been playing lately since the death of the King of Pop.

 Dunno Raul; maybe>>Bassmaster has been reincarnated ;D

Maybe we are just runng out of new ideas for things to discuss. Let's all go fishing and think about it.

For me it's a tossup between the SK Series 5 and a Bomber Fat Free Shad